"Yukikaze" (2002) TV series 2002-

Director:

Masahiko Ohkura

Writers:

Chôhei Kambayashi (novel)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (script) ...
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Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Fictional War | Jet Fighter | Airplane | Artificial Intelligence | Depression

Cast

Masato Sakai	...	(voice)
Jôji Nakata	...	(voice)
Masako Ikeda	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
J. Grant Albrecht	...	Yazawa (voice: English version) (as Grant Albrecht)
Richard Cansino	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Joe Cappelletti	...	Crewman
Christopher Carroll	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Chris Carroll)
Peter Doyle	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Doug Erholtz	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Eddie Frierson	...	Richard Burgadish (voice: English version)
Grant George	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Lynn Jackson (voice: English version)
Kate Higgins	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Neil Kaplan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dan Lorge	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Ansel Rombart (voice: English version) (as David Mallow)
Liam O'Brien	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tony Oliver	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jamieson Price	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Cindy Robinson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Philece Sampler	...	Marnie (voice: English version)
Michael Sorich	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Steve Staley	...	Rei Fukai (voice: English version)
Carol Stanzione	...	Rydia Cooley (voice: English version)
Paul Stephen	...	Ito (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Guneau (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Edith Foss (voice: English version)
Dan Woren	...	James Bukhar (voice: English version) (as Dan Worren)

Directed by
Masahiko Ohkura

Writing credits
Chôhei Kambayashi		(novel)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi		script and
Yumi Tada		script and
Masahiko Ohkura		story and
Masashi Sogo		script
Bob Buchholz

Produced by
Umanosuke Iida	....	executive producer
Manabu Ishikawa	....	producer
Shouji Murahama	....	executive producer: GONZO Digimation [jp]
Yuko Sakurai	....	producer
Shirô Sasaki	....	executive producer: Victor Entertainment [jp]
Kiyoshi Sugiyama	....	producer
Shigeru Watanabe	....	executive producer: Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. [jp]

Cinematography by
Hiro Yoshioka

Film Editing by
Kengo Shigemura

Art Direction by
Tomonori Kato
Yusuke Takeda

Art Department
Michio Fukuda	....	storyboard artist
Yuichi Furuichi	....	color setting
Akihiro Hirasawa	....	art setting
Hiroshi Kato	....	art setting
Eriko Murata	....	color coordinator
Masahiko Ohkura	....	storyboard artist
Hiromi Uchibayashi	....	color setting

Sound Department
Jesse Dodd	....	adr mixer (as Jesse K-D. Dodd)
Charlie Essers	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Shin Inoie	....	special effects

Animation Department
Masahiro Aizawa	....	character designer
Chang-Seop Byen	....	key animator
Eun-Soon Byun	....	inbetween animator
Hye Soon Byun	....	inbetween animator
Yong-sik Cho	....	key animator (as Young-Sik Cho)
Kanetake Ebikawa	....	mechanical designer
Hitoshi Haga	....	key animator
Kôichi Hashimoto	....	animation director
Kôichi Hashimoto	....	character designer
Pil-won Heo	....	inbetween animator
Soon Ha Hwang	....	inbetween animator
Su Jin Hwang	....	inbetween animator
Tetsu Inoue	....	key animator
Youn Hee Jeong	....	inbetween animator
Hitoshi Kamata	....	key animator
Jung-hee Kim	....	inbetween animator
Min-Hee Kim	....	key animator
Young-Hee Kim	....	inbetween animator
Seiji Kio	....	mechanical designer
Dong-Wook Lee	....	key animator
Hyo Sun Lee	....	inbetween animator
Hyun-Woo Lee	....	inbetween animator
Shôichi Masuo	....	key animator
Suk-Hwa Park	....	inbetween animator
Masahiro Sekiguchi	....	key animator
Masahiro Sekino	....	animation director
Toshihiko Shimada	....	key animator
Jee Young Soung	....	inbetween animator (as Ji-Yong Song)
Jun Takagi	....	key animator
Atsushi Takeuchi	....	mechanical designer
Ikuto Yamashita	....	mechanical designer
Eun-ju Yoon	....	inbetween animator
Myung Hee Youn	....	inbetween animator

Other Companies

• Bandai Visual Company  production committee
• DR Movie  in-between animation
• Digital Circus  sound design
• Gonzo Digimation  animation production
• Phoenix Korea Animation  in-between animation
• Production I.G.  in-between animation
• Rakuonshya  sound production
• Studio Gong  recording studio
• Studio Koneko  in-between animation
• Uni Animation  in-between animation
• Victor Entertainment  music production
• Victor Entertainment  production committee
• White Line  in-between animation

Also Known As:

Runtime:

47 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M

Trivia:

In the 5th episode, around 5 minutes, 40 seconds, a blue 1974 Ford Mustang II is shown being blown up in a quick sequence lasting only 12 frames. In the time-line of this show, that car would be at least 60 years old, and on another planet.

Movie Connections:

Version of Yukikaze (????)

the Top Gun of Anime

I am still a bit new to the world of Anime films, but as they say, "I knows what I likes" and Yukikaze is all that I enjoy in an Anime story.

It is like an Anime Top Gun, in a way - as it is about a group of jet fighter jocks. But instead of Migs here they are battling an alien enemy called the Jam on an alien planet. The main character's jet has an on board A.I. (artificial intelligence) system that aids the pilot and weapons officer (AKA - the 'backseater') execute their missions, and is a character unto itself.

The animation is excellent, the characters are interesting, and the story has unexpected twists and turns. I believe there are eight separate episodes or 'missions', but I have only seen the first two that were dubbed into English onto DVD (by Bandai). The third and fourth episodes just came out on DVD ('Yukikaze 2 - Fog of War'), and I hope to see these soon and the rest when they are released.

If you love fast planes, high tech sci-fi action Anime, then give Yukikaze a try!